Celebrate love with eight touching stories that will warm your heart this Valentine's Day, from chance encounters to lifelong romances that prove love is truly magical.

Every year on 14th February, people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. Shops are filled with red roses, chocolates, and heart-shaped gifts.Couples go on romantic dates, and love messages flood social media.

Valentine’s Day is one of the world’s most commercialised religious holidays – second only perhaps to Christmas. Originally commemorated as a Christian feast day honouring a martyr named Valentine, it goes without saying that this annual celebration of love has evolved over the centuries.